A symposium exploring the manifold issues facing the discipline of Islamic art today. From archaeology to cinema studies, all aspects of the visual culture of the Islamic world are included within its purview. The symposium is intended as the inauguration of a biennial cycle of meetings within the field of Islamic art history in order to reflect its growth, to support its expanding methodological, regional, and temporal scope, and to give HIAA greater visibility internationally as the leading organization for historians of Islamic art, architecture and archaeology. This gathering will bring together papers from more than fifty senior and younger scholars of Islamic Art History as well as related fields such as architecture, archaeology and cinema studies, among others.
October 16
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
"Out of Late Antiquity"
Keynote: Alan Walmsley, U Copenhagen. Sessions: 1. The Relationship of Archaeology and Art at the Beginning of Islam. 2. Fatimid Art. 3. Messianism, Kingship and Sacred Cities in the Islamic World. Workshop: "On Qur'ans and Codicology"
October 17
Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen/Logan Hall
" 'Unity and Variety' Once More: Time, Place, Material,"
Keynote: Gülrü Necipoglu, Harvard. Sessions: 1. Women and Patronage. 2. Pushing the Boundaries of the Iranian World: Theme; Medium; Dynasty (ies); Place. 3. Unity in Diversity? Circulation, Stasis and the Canon. Workshop: "On Reading Urban Fabric"
October 18
Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen/Logan Hall
"Confronting Modernity"
Keynote: Glenn Lowry, Museum of Modern Art. Sessions: Museums, Exhibitions, and Collections in Historical Perspective. On Conservation and Cultural Policies. How to Study Contemporary Islamic Art and Architecture. Workshop: "On Iranian Cinema"
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